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Recent Examples of sough
Although the foundations of rooms remained, like lines of an architectural drawing expressed by pebbles laid end to end, only the chimney still loomed against that hill of dead leaves and leafless trees, while traffic soughed indifferently below.
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William T. Vollmann, Harper's Magazine, 24 June 2024
William T. Vollmann, Harper's Magazine, 24 June 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sough
Verb
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Everyone oohs and aahs over this development, but Mu Hee just looks at Hiro and sighs.—
Hannah Abraham,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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The officer whose bodycam recorded the shooting audibly sighed after the gunshot.—
Thomas Tracy,
New York Daily News,
26 Jan. 2026
Verb
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My father had rolled down the windows in the cabin to breathe in the steppe, feel that solitude.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
23 Jan. 2026
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That is not to say the theatrical versions are bad, but given the density of Tolkien’s work and Jackson’s movies, the additions give the story and many characters room to breathe.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
23 Jan. 2026
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“Sough.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sough. Accessed 30 Jan. 2026.
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